OVERALL: Draw

Between the R2 Arrow release for the Italian soundtrack (in addition to being English friendly and containing an English track) and the best extras and R1 Anchor Bay for the English 5.1 sound and some differing extras.

Do note the Synapse release has an anamorphic transfer and both the international stereo and U.S. mono tracks.

Do note that R0 Germany from Raptor, R2 UK from Platinum Media and R4 Australia also have differing extras not found on the R1 or R2 Arrow, but they are not anamorphic.

R5 is said to be the Director's Cut, but it's just probably "uncut".

GENERAL NOTES:
There are two principal versions of the film:
- the Italian/English export version in Dolby Stereo.
- the mono American theatrical release version which had some changes to the dubbing and some added music and sound effects as well as some slight trims to remove product placement.

Movie Censorship Comparisons:
- US Version and Italian Version
- BBFC 18 VHS and Austrian DVD
- BBFC 18 DVD (Divid 2000) and Uncut

CUTS:

• R0 America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts - international version (88:29 NTSC).
• R0 Ultimate Collector's Edition Austria- Raptor - No cuts (84:55 PAL). About 5 seconds of the "Fine Timo Printo" label at the beginning of the movie are intact.
• R0 Germany- Dragon Film Entertainment - No cuts - international version (84:56 PAL).
• R0 Sweden- House of Horrors - No cuts - R-Rated (84:44 PAL).
• R1 America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts - international version (88:24 NTSC).
• R1 Standard Edition America- Synapse Films - No cuts (88:18 NTSC).
• R2 France- Mad Movies - No cuts - international version (85:02 PAL)
• R2 France- Opening Distribution - No cuts - international version (85:02 PAL)
• R2 Holland- Warner Home Video - No cuts - Italian version (85:03 PAL).
• R2 Italy- Medusa Home Entertainment - No cuts - Itailan version (84:58 PAL)
• R2 Japan- Culture Publishers - No cuts - international version
• R2 United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts (84:58 PAL).
• R2 United Kingdom- Divid 2000 - Yes. Cut by 0:42 by the BBFC, although 0:33 of previous cuts have been restored.
  "Cut required to sight of razor blade scraped along breast in medium close shot, which is in breach of Board policy."
• R2 The Demons Collection United Kingdom- Platinum Media Distribution - No cuts. All previous cuts waived.
• R4 Australia- Umbrella Entertainment - No cuts - international version (84:54 PAL).
• R5 Director's Cut Russia- Soyuz - No cuts.

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Comparison added by Craig on 20/07/01
Comparison last updated by Matthew_B_Harrah on 10/09/22

UPDATE LOG:

01/05/10: Added R2 Italy.
05/11/10: Corrected 2.0 Surround audio on R1 Starz release
08/12/12: Addition of the R2 UK Arrow release, DVDBeaver link, and some clean-up.
05/11/14: Added Synapse.
10/05/18: Added Swedish release. Some clean-up.
10/10/21: Clean-up, dates, removed German title (not a German co-production).
10/09/22: Added Movie Censorship Comparisons.